A medical tourist's visit to London

摘要

The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), 1 Wimpole Street, is a convenient home and starting point for short medical visits to central medical London. This Marylebone area includes Harley Street, Wimpole and Wigmore Streets, Cavendish Square, Chandos House, the Medical Society of London, the National Heart Hospital, King Edward VII Hospital, the London Clinic, the College of Nursing and many other medical facilities. No wonder the area has been dubbed Pill Island. The RSM was founded because of dispute among some members of the Medical Society of London, who left it to form the Medical and Chirurgical Society (in 1805) and the eventual amalgamation of diverse societies into one RSM in 1905/1906. The RSM bought Chandos House, on Queen Anne Street, in 1964 for £250,000 for a 99-year lease. It provided additional residential accommodation, a workplace for the Society's staff by day and a pleasant setting for medical functions and parties in the evening. It is now also a popular venue for weddings. It had a distinguished history as the Austro-Hungarian Embassy and as the residence of the Countess of Stafford, the Earl of Shaftesbury and Viscount Kemsley.